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Sequenom’s En Banc Petition

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Sequenom’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc – Panel Ignored “Inventive Concept” in Combined Steps of the Claimed Method For any of us practitioners encountering increasing numbers of s. 101 rejection rejections of diagnostic claims based on Mayo and the March … Continue reading →

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Fed. Cir. Rules Requirements for Direct Infringement by Multiple Parties

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Warren Woessner

CAFC Decides Akamai v Limelight–Holds For Infringement By Limelight–Defines Criteria For Directing And Controlling Customers’ Performance In Akami Technologies v. Limelight Networks, App. No. 2009-1372, -1380, -1416, -1417 (Fed. Cir., August 13, 2015), the court, sitting en banc after a … Continue reading →

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Patent Office Publishes Subject Matter “Update”

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Today (July 30th), the Patent Office released an 11 page “July 2015 Update” on patent-eligible subject matter (or not). (A copy of the update and appendices can be found at the end of this post.) Most of the “Update” focused … Continue reading →

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Innovation Act Stalls in the House

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Representative Goodlatte’s Innovation Act (H.R. 9) has been shelved for now, and will not receive a floor vote until September at the earlier. There is significant conflict between measures intended to deter patent trolls and the ability of non-profit institutional … Continue reading →

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